New Nation, 7 April 1979

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    Masthead
    22 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday, April 7 V 1979 2533 Price 25 cents M.C.(P) No. 144/1/79 p===—^ I NEW fcj) NATION t COMMENT 1
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    Blackout: HDB warning
    126 1 Desperate residents of Ang Mo Kio trying to force open a lift door during < the blackout last night. After nearly 30 minutes of heaving and pushing they managed to open it but found to their dismay that those trapped in the lift car were still stuck
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  • Article
    Now a 'top jobs' Faculty
    885 1 Varsity plan to produce systems engineers Systems engineers, we know, are all the rage in Singapore. Now the inevitable is to hapBen Singapore niversity is to revise its engineering curriculum to turn them out almost ready-made. The faculty to be charged with producing men and
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      34 1 Night ef the Mg bUekeat Picture special ii page 2 INSIDE Why coach Hartley is taking it easy back page W THE OTHEB PAGES: Moneyworts 10; What's On 12; Stars, Crossword 13; Comics 18.
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      34 1 ZEROSTAT ANTI-STATIC PISTOL Sole Agents: Atlas Sound (Pte) Ltd SPECIAL SALE STORE HOURS SUNDAY (FREE PAMKINGi 1 O.im 7pm ROBINSONS TRADITIONAL ANNUAL CflfSb j.i. r i Sunday shopping hours from 10am.-7pm. j; ON SUNDAY
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    Lock icon 3 hours of chaos
    319 2  -  PHOTO SPECIAL The night of the big blackout By Cheng See Meng Excited residents of Ang Mo Kio were groping up and down staircases when the blackout hit the estate last night. People milled around the lifts and faint cries of help from those trapped inside
    Pictures by PHILIP LIM and JOHARI RASKIN  -  319 words
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      85 2 S.N I I>l s I Hiss Singapore/Universe Beauty Pageant 1979 Semi-Finals TONKHT Saturday 7th April 1979 Chinese dinner $300/- per table for 10 Starting at 8.00 p.m. Lucky Prizes and Discount Vouchers Co-Sponsors:- Bata Shoes (S) Pte. and Mary Quant Cosmetics of London Free Blue Nun Wine by courtesy of
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    SIA festive return
    69 3 Hlpa awmjDd to Ike tmme w ftan Here ie Omm m the HkinJbi <— —< eewheja, M DliatylMi cfeandm paved Mt af Hippm Alriteea' first DCII (light (ram Baa Fntkti, A grasp af Americas aeheal iMnt cheerleaders aai hudidMto the 9A msHglsg director, Mr Llm CUa Beag,
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    Five-O helps us shed 'ulu' image
    306 3  -  By Edgar Koh tar New Ywk reporter More than 30 million American TV viewers this week caught glimpses of Singapore as Hawaii FlveO's Steve MacGarrett trudged along picturesque Singapore River, dangled from Sentosa cable cars and staked out Jurong's pristine Chinese Garden to capture
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      106 3 tVv t. m h§B k-. ■S&fli Mi i m m —> ■F ,#p> «Bs®L Les Grand Parisiens Balmain Cardin Dior Ungaro Givenchy Gres Patou Lanvin Ricci Venet St. Laurent v* If A 4 See the fashions of the world's top designersl Springtime in Paris A nationwide promotion sponsored by the
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    Lock icon Offer that is a bit too hard to refuse
    190 4 What a Hue offering for a dear departed relative this Cheng Beng festival. Even beyond the grave, the comforts of the old world are extended. The dead may be gone, but their wants are still being pandered to. This man's offering
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    NTUC seeks unions' views
    364 4  -  on this year's NWC guidelines By Ivan Lim The National Trades Union Congress has asked its affiliates (or their views on this year's National Wages Council recommendations. Several union leaders have indicated they want the NWC to modify the group offsetting principle. Offsetting allows an employer
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    Dinner
    34 4 Health Minister Toh Chin Chye and his wife will be the guests of honour at the Singapore Medical Association's animal dinner and dance at the Tropicana Restaurant on April 21 at 8 p.m.
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    First Aussie bank to come here
    153 4 The Bank of New South Wales will open its offshore branch here on April 23, making it the first Australian bank to start operations in Singapore. Its manager, Mr Laurie Gouge, said the branch, the bank's first in Asia, will service Australasian companies operating
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    Sen Gupta heads Board of Visitors for DRCs
    200 4 Dr N. C. Sen Gupta (above), the executive director of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Assocition, has been appointed to head the 18-member Board of Visitors for drug rehabilitation centres. The Board held its inaugural meeting on March 13 and within a fortnight they
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    KL delays centre's shift
    206 4 The signing of the exchange of notes to replace the South-East Asian Promotion Centre on Trade Tourism and Investment (Seap Centre) in Tokyo has been postponed to «next week. The reason is that written approval of the move has not been received from Malaysia, according to
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      45 4 ft S B Our Restaurant also cater for indoor k outdoor functions. Nightly top Singers k Band to entertain you. No Cover Charged Ruby Restaurant Pte Ltd 2* 302,3 rd Floor. Gluttons Corner > Tanjong Pagar Complex Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 2. Tel: *****87 k *****15
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      48 4 golden Te| A *****67 > 2nd MIDNITE TONITE Plus Tomorrow Morning 9.00 an See DOMNY mt MARIE OSMOND in tktk fttST HOTKM HCTtK Mat! A SCREWBALL COMEDY-MYSTERY set ftn TROPICAL HAWAII... <y. T. 'V s J 1 •i 4 k\' i: i s'wiailKw i >1 I" 1 iliT'™ M
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    Only half a pool for them
    129 5 Half a pMI is all that swimmer* la this swtmmlag eamplex la Geylaag are all*wed U mm. Aad this reetrletfea deflaed by a rape ku heea la bne far three msaths. The re—a; Brekea tllee ea the side sf the peel. "It Is a
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    Pay up to the kitty proposal
    295 5  -  STPB studies plan for travellers "y Judith Hale The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is studying a proposal to get travellers to contribute a small tee to its compensation fund. Mrs Vivien Wong, assistant director (agency administration), said the Board began looking into this idea
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    Lock icon Dr Goh tours Xian
    87 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee arrived yesterday in the Chinese western city of Xian (Hsian) from Beijing (Peking) for a visit, the New China News Agency reported. It said Dr Goh visited a printing and dyeing mill whose floral prints
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    Devan plan for disabled
    206 5 Help disabled people to help themselves. This is how NTUC secretary-general Devan Nair feels you ran turn official and public attitudes favourable towards the disabled. He said: "Pleas of compassion hardly ever help to unloose the purse-strings of government treasuries the world over. The Singapore Treasury
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      213 5 4i 4' 4'" PM TO aOtf 9 V h z 9 >''' H I 7 ♦r ,/i o o X HI "O SPECIALTIES FRESH MINI OYSTER BAR-B O CUTTLE FISH KING PRAWNS LOBSTER BRAISED CRAB WITH PEPPER SEEDS ROCK COD RED SNAPPER SEASONAL FISH IN CHEFS SAUCE SEA FOOD TOW-YAM
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    Lock icon Meeting over MAS trouble
    93 6 AFP Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen yesterday met the South Korean ambassador here, Sangjin Chyun, to discuss the controversy which broke out after Malaysian Airline System's inaugural (light to Seoul. The Department of Civil Aviation is to meet the South Korean authorities to
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    Japan faces energy crisis
    298 6  -  World Focus Ftmo Swadesh De Roy •or T*ky« reporter Japan faces an energy crisis this summer with shut-downs ordered at about six nuclear power plants in the face of a growing clamour for the scrapping of all nuclear reactors. Nuclear power makes up 12 per cent
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    Lock icon Refugees could have done it: Ghaz
    115 6 Reuter Bangkok, Saturday Malaysian Home Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie yesterday suggested that a fishing boat which capsized earlier this week off the east Malaysian coast drowiiing more than 100 Vietnamese refugees could have been sunk by the refugees themselves. "I think when they
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    Lock icon Newsmen blamed for false reports
    195 6 Reuter Islamabad, Saturday A Rawalpindi magistrate has fixed a hearing today into a lawyer's claim that British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent Mark Tully and Financial Times of London correspondent Chris Sherwell gave false reports about the last mo- ments of ex-premier Zulfikar All Bhutto, who
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    Lock icon TODAY
    83 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, April 7, the 97th day ot 1979 with 368 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign ot Aries. English poet and philosopher William Wordsworth was born on April 7,1770. ON 188 DAT EN HffiTOBT: In 1943, American and British troops accomplished
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    Lock icon Odd Corner
    56 6 DJ London, flslsidsj ■rtdegroom Tm Dooghty he sMtrled and net Jaat nUh lore. A speetalty-derigned tmdatakfe mtt kept the Hcrash vletlm m ■h feet Isag easaah to say "I do" to Ms irlde, Kerry Westoott, 8L Doctors said never waft again, bat with Mb rahter salt be oaa
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      208 6 A Vm <» 1 YOUR CHANCE TO WIN FABULOUS PRIZES!!! Join the SANA CHUNGRAW to be held on April 22nd. Enrol now at TIMES ORCHARD CENTRE, Mezzanine Floor, LUCKY PLAZA. Enrolment Date: Friday (6th April) Sunday (Bth April) Enrolment Time: 11 am —8 pm There are 2 SETS OF PRIZES
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      116 6 &@|:;%!}{(]"}>"'>}$%)$:}!_?:?<" Lmdsn Cloudy, 9-3c. Headline: Libyans pulling out of Uganda. Mtflntw Hpflr S-Or Pravda's headline:' Soviet government makes provision for next harvesting campaign. Bona Sunny, 2-8c. Headline: Uganda capital (aces final assault Purls Partly cloudy, 73c. Headline: France to review nuclear security devices. Bsae Thunderstorms, 16 7c Headline: Election date
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      41 6 MaeOa Sunny, 3&-22c. Headline: Opposition warned against use of violence. Takya Sunny, lMc. Headline: Prime Minister Ohira may visit Australia in May. Seeal Sunny, 2(Hjc. Headline: Violence in Pakistan. Cloudy, 36-27c. Headline: Gty under seige from trucks. 8Ii|ap«r« Thunderstorm, 31-26C. UPI
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    Lock icon Blasts the work of pros: Police
    323 7 Reuter AP Toulon (France), Saturday: Three major explosions yesterday seriously damaged equipment for nuclear power reactors near this French Mediterranean naval base. Police said, it was sabotage. The equipment, domeshaped metal containers, was destined for export to Iraq, West Germany and Belgium, they said.
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    All the promises of May 3
    96 7 London, Saturday Britain's ruling Labour Party last night pledged to continue expensive social services despite the country's economic plight. On the other hand, the right-wing Conservative party widely tipped to win the-election promised to slash income tax, whichthe Labour party only vaguely pledged to
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    Lock icon We will fight our own battles, says Sadat
    212 7 Reuter Cairo, Saturday President Anwar Sadat said yesterday he could fight his own battles and would never seek American or other outside help against Arab powers opposing the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. "Let me tell you in all candour, I don't nrn anyone
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    Lock icon Help! 50 rats on the loose...
    118 7 UPI New York, Saturday It may be a few days before officials can exterminate all the SO rats let loose in an apartment building by a tenant with "emotional problems." Mayor Joseph Saverese said Georgette Smith, who was suffering from "family and emotional problems,"
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    Lock icon Sadat, Begin and Carter
    71 7 Tel Aviv, Satarday Fran left: Sadat, Begin and Carter visibly tired after negeMallng their passage Into Ike werld. They are the triplets hern to Mis Hetam D Kabaari, aa Israeli-Arab wemaa, wha named them In hananr el the made the historic peaee treaty psariMe. The haMes,
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    Lock icon US cuts off aid to Pakistan over N-row
    226 7 World Focus Reuter Washington, Saturday The United States said yesterday it is cutting off development aid to Pakistan because of reports that it is building an atomic plant capable of producing nuclear weapons grade material. State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said the
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      144 7 ■a 6 -v a u f? KUANTAN Part of our exotic east coast as rich in culture as Bali. The graceful dancers. The its rich herit quaint and picturesque village rediscover, with delightful sports and A customs they're all here. its rich heritage for you to And right in the
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    On the wrong plane
    444 8 The Foreign Ministry's reaction to Mr J.Y.M. Pillay's "unilateral declaration of low fares" bombshell was not only predictable but also as swift as an SIA Concorde. With a wary eye on this month's second-round Australia-Asean civil aviation talks in Kuala Lumpur, it quickly on the same
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Only for back-seaters
      34 8 Hong Kong taxi-drivers are aft fer it back of their front seats. Not a very hot Idea for advertisers, though, considering that they will only be read by back-seat passen gam.
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      Torture by language
      63 8 Still on ads, we know that learning a language is tough, but If an ad by a language school In Japan Is to be believed, It appears to be sheer torture. A grimacing Japanese warrior flashes a gleaming knife, while the sales pitch reads: "We have to
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    Times we spent around the set
    488 8  -  with cup of coffee and Ma Pew Poh in hand r In Other Words 'by Tan Bah Bah The Prime Minister's comment about moral values and'folklore has sent nearly everybody literally searching high and law for mothers' and grandmothers' tales. Bat what particularly struck
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    Dominoes are falling
    326 8 BANGKOK POST VOICE Of THE PRESS Head Hie: Dam lie theary Uvea A news report that the Pol Pot forces have captured two Russian and two Cuban military advisers working far the Heng Sam rin regime shows Oat it is not only the Vletnameae who are directly
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      35 8 o O O o o O o ?> TEL AVIV o l\ INTERNATIONAL f(U** mm i m SPtclAl AH>BA§*ANCt: "mEST 1 S A®£?1 JAM At Mvija, TOP BEtLT PANCER C *Ce: i s, Ay Ann/ NP
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    Lock icon Spanking new law on child abuse
    573 9 Swedes can't hit kids NYT Stockktlm: Odin, the Norse god of war and wisdom, said it clearly enough in the Havamal, an ancient northcountry collection of Talmudic-style admonition and Confucian-style advice: "He who goes without corporal punishment will go lawless and die without honor."
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    Honest cabbie
    87 9  -  CHEN LOW THIAM I would like to thank the driver of a yellow top taxi (licence No.SH 4928) for his honesty. It all happened when mydaughter was travelling in his taxi on Saturday, March 24 at about 8.00 p.m. She left her purse in the taxi when she
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    'Review club's licence'
    125 9  -  B.C.TEO Dr Lau Teik Soon, the MP for Serangoon Gardens and other MPs have expressed concern over the effects the Playboy Club (which has been given permission to operate in Singapore) would have on the morality of the finds it very difficult to understand how the Ministry
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      50 9 a m m. W: »> t HAWAII THE GOLDEN WEST 19 daysSILVER HOTELS $3490.00 GOLD HOTELS $3690.00 EAST WEST GRAND TOUR 22 D AYS/25 DAYS $4550/$4650 EAST-WEST-SOUTH SUPERGRAND 26 DA YS $5390.00 EUROPE MINI GRAND TOUR 16 DAYS $2790.00 EUROPE GRAND TOUR 24D4VS $3690.00 KEN-4IR IHE RELIABLE TOUR 2358H 388
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      122 9 MAIL BAG WRITE TO THE EDITOR. NEW NATION. LOCKED BAG 15. SINGAPORE 1. Only letters with correspondents' MiM and addresses will be published. THE FINE LINE BETWEEN PRECISION AND DETAIL FABER-CASTELL TECHNICAL DRAWING INSTRUMENTS Because Faber-Casteil does not only product ordinary drawing instruments. In Una wfth all the fine quality
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    Roads that make U turn red
    204 9  -  It's very well and timely for the government to launch this 'Save Energy' campaign in the light of the oil shortage and price increase. But I have one suggestion which could go a long way towards saving petrol. I'm talking about the Uturns along
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    Stars war on the tennis courts
    530 10/11  -  j Sight Sound i I IIIII 11 ti Mol inlii'iig I A little frivolity may come our way in May. For there is a strong chance that TV Singapore will film the SIAHilton Celebrity Tennis Gala next month for telecast at a later date.
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      95 10/11 I Ei FROM JPENTEL Pentel has won world-wide acclaim as the brand leader in the field of fibre and acrylic pens and mechanical pencils. Pentel's water soluble, non-toxic ink comes in a wide assortment of bright, attractive colours which resist fading, even in strong sunlight. The extensive selection of pens,
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      194 10/11 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions aopear below Name (Mr./ Mrs./ Miss): Address: N.R.I.C No: Tel: FILL IN □■□BHD mrM m tba I If fWUNUiM trfi It •#r nv M $500 Mi $500 bay 0e Ml *«rw Mm ba canto* OMT b niw. r«P*U"! »b--tba licit canlast
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      1420 10/11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE 700 million people in 43 countries can't be wrong.. »E E Ell il If E il PALcolor, Invented and owned by lELErUlllVE IIL f( SINGAPORE 5 Saturday l.ll OPENING ANN0UNCEMENT8 followed by SESAME Street. Uf SATURDAY MATINEE: Flame of Araby (see Top Shows of the Weekend).
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      736 10/11 RADIO SINGAPORE Saturday 1-00 Lunch Date (s) 1.30 News followed by Share Market Report 1.45 Programme Summary followed by Lunch Date 2.00Claire De Lune 2.25 Sports Diary 2.30 Melody Time (s) 2.45 English by Radio The Language of Business 3.00 News in Brief 3.05 Overtures (s) 3.30 Sounds of '79
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      243 10/11 Top Shows of the Weekend Today k Munea OUan CELEBRITY CONCERT: Burt Bacharach (Ch 5, 7.45 p.m. in colour) Pianist-composer Bacharach joins the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra to play some of his hit compositions like Knowing When To Leave, Say A Little Prayer, Do You Know The Way To San Jose,
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      Lock icon Chequered past of the Oscar
      620 12 isfetoffe jflfu'—" hi* UPI HttUywMd: As Oscar approaches his 51st birthday next Monday, oldtime movie Academy members look back on his chequered past with a touch of anxiety (or what the next half-century of Academy Awards may bring. Not infrequenUy Hollywood's off-beat denizens provide sideshows
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      Fewer entries but good response still
      304 12  -  CheSS »»v k_ Koh Kum Hong won Queenstown's eighth open championship with William Wong the runner-up. Tan Lay Yoon was the women's section winner. Queenstown abandoned the Class n and Class ID competition this year and the entry was leas than what it previously
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      370 12 At the cinema TIE END* Comedy star- hope Pg Mll i 1J0 645 ring Burt Reynolds. Dom Im-9J0 pm DeLuiae Sailv Field Joanne CORVETTE SUMMER: A 7VT.- .J. romantic comedy adventure Ui#: L *> 645 focusing on a most unusual and 9.15 p.m. kind of love triangle a EVERT WHICH
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      471 12 Ja4e: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9 p.m. NO. 1 OF THE SECRET SERVICE: Nicky Henson plays a super sleuth in this spy versus spy drama. Also stars Richard Todd, Aim! MacDonald, Sue Lloyd. Plan: 1.30, 4, 7 and 9.30 p.m. CARRY ON ENGLAND: Stars Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims, Judy Geeson.
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    Malaysia acts on US tin release
    254 13 Kula Lumpur, Saturday Malaysia has urged the United States to consult the International Tin Council (ITC) before releasing 30,000 tonnes of tin from its stockpile to avoid disrupting prices. In a statement yesterday, Primary Industries Minister Paul Leong said that as a member of
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    Money Market
    191 13 London, Saturday. The US dollar closed stronger on most European money markets yesterday but-in London the British pound was at its highest rate against the US currency since October. Gold closed at U*****,375 an ounce in Zurich against U*****,875, and in London at U*****,625 an ounce, down from
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      346 13 Slocks, battling profit-tak-ing |M— after a threeday rally, suffered a small loss yesterday as Investors found few surprises in President Carter's energy programme. Trading was active. The Dow Jones industrial average, which gained 7.80 points on Thursday, eased 1.91 points to 875.68. The Dow, which had risen 22
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      35 13 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Indus 875.69 (off 1.91); 20 trans 234.17 (up L 55); 15 utils 104.94 (up 0.07); 65 stock 296.36 (up 0.19).
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      Lock icon PARIS
      72 13 Reuter Closing prlcea on the Parla Bourae yesterday: Pari baa 236*0 +4J0 Foncler 430 unch Prln temps 134J0 +3.40 Bull 82.90 una Royal Dutch ■?9ji vi +5 Mlchelln 10M +44 COB Thomson CFP Rhone Air B8N 388JO auo 161 iao.io 380 538 17 .70 5.50 4.10 -20 JO +21
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      82 13 Union Bank of Switzerland Yesterday'* prices followed by the difference on the previous session's close UBS Bearer 3325 •5 UBS Ref sao unch SBC B 388 •1 Credit Suisse B 2285 unch Swissair B 830 unch Swiss Relnsur Wlnterthur B 2400 +30 Zurich Insur 8000 100 Nestle B 3500
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      184 13 AFP Share prices on the Tokyo stock market made a modest rally yesterday, pushing up the 225-stock Dow-Jones average of the first section by 0.99 point to 6049.99 yen. The composite Tokyo Stock Exchange index of 948 issues rose by 0.45 point to 442.36. Volume in the section came
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    Fairly strong sentiments
    443 13  -  Selective buying support Market roundup by Lee Yew Meng Fairly strong sentiments prevailed in the Singapore stock market this week as steady streams of buying support were directed selectively across the board. The enthusiasm for the lower priced issues in the second trading section was mainly believed
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    Lock icon Rubber users, producers study prices
    281 13 Reutrer Geneva, Saturday Leading natural rubber producers and users yesterday studied compromise proposals for an international market stabilisation agreement envisaging a price range from M 51.50 to M 51.50 a kilogram and a reserve buffer stock of 550,000 tonnes. The proposals were advanced by Mr
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      245 13 Crossword d ti II HI II ■I J MM lil il «l a Miii H J il ACROSS 34 Unemployed 35 French play part 37 Chatters 38 Carson City state: abfar. 39 Donated 40 Crew's cudgel 41 Monkshood 43 Leo's milieu 44 Sit for a picture 45 Color 47 Literature
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      334 13 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR you wlae enough An innocent victim of your kee P yw own counsel in latest temper tantrum must BIRTHDAY P tacated now on® 1 t» ro»n tnii« TAUEIiH (April 20-May take conciliatory action. BORN today, you are 20) A romantic involve- SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov
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      196 14 IT'S ALWAYS FIRST FORALLYOUR NEEDS IN MODERN FURNISHING Extra super showrooms at the Gay World Amusement Park (next to Silver City Cinema where you can choose from, more than 50 different models of up-to-date quality living room suites; 30' different models of dining room sets and 30 different models of
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      91 14 If x fi LENCt thiam interior CONTRACTOR 5228 (Ist floor). Golden Mile Shopping Centre. Woh Hup Complex. Beach Road. S pore 7, Tel: *****94/*****04 C People going OVERSEAS .Vfll v goto FOOK 0N first m Because .vs have 'he widest ft '3nqe c» Winter cV V CBHBI the most reasonable
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      224 14 A, LESS «r 40% for 40 days from April 1 May 10, 1979 NEW STOCK ARRIVALS WITH MORE THAN 200 PATTERNS OF QUALITY COLOURFUL CERAMIC TILES Tiles from Italy, Japan, England, USA, «tc. 4 i i; 11,, \miiTi 1 1EEj,•')Vi|'■ 1 IJ! liViii'jj: 1 We also provide 'package deal' and
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    Sukarno given a big whitewash
    692 15 A scholarly attempt to explain the 'tragedy' of Indonesia is made suspect by author's axe grinding BRIAN MAY,THE INDONESIAN TRAGEDY, Graham Brash: 1178, 438 pages.s22. Reviewed by Irene Hee. Brian May has an axe to grind. It is a fairly readable axe. But his tragedy
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    Lock icon The US Marines' war of attrition in Vietnam
    725 15 A RUMOUR OF WAR by Philip Capeto, (Arrow), 346 pages. Reviewed by: Taa Tee Jim. Philip Caputo aspires to no lofty aims. His book does not pretend to be history. Nor is it a searing indictment of those whose mistakes were paid
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    Times Bestsellers
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    481 16 In vital match Soccer Reuter AFP UPI LMdM, Saturday Liverpool captain, Emlyn Hughes, whose testimonial fund reached a staggering £100,000 (*****,000 this week, has been dropped for today's vital League clash against Arsenal at Anfield. Hughes with 600 ap- pearances under his belt turned in poor performances
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    Fighting fit!
    381 17  -  In defence of the Cup 'We'll win,' says the squad's veteran Heng Chok so confidently By BRIAN MILLER Yan Heng Chok is the oldest member of the Singapore squad for the East Asia squash championship to be held at Bangkok from April 12 to 15. If you have
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    96 17 Swimming Reuter Potsdam (East Germany), Saturday Vladimir Salnikoy of the Soviet Union set a world record for the 400 metres freestyle here last night, clocking three minutes 51.41 seconds. He beat the old record set by American Brian Goodell in East Berlin two years ago
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    Lock icon Geylang shock Victoria
    370 18  -  K3 Soccer By] PHILIP TAN Victoria School saw their impressive record in the National Post Secondary soccer tournament blemished when Geylang Serai Vocational handed them a 34) beating at Serangoon yesterday. The Victorians, after convincing wins over Temasek Junior College (5-1) and Bukit Merah Vocational (81) were
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    359 18  -  j^9hiockey At the schools ■y BRIAN MILLER Crescent Girl's School scored one of the biggest wins in the Secondary (Girls) division of the National Schools' hockey tournament when they chalked up an 8-0 victory against Changkat Changl at Balestler Road yesterday. And, on that showing, they will pose
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    Saints chalk up 88-0 win
    112 18 Rugby St Andrew's School scored one of the meet impressive wins to date when they handed Siglap Secondary a 88-0 hammering in a National Secondary Division rugby tie at Woodsville yesterday. St Andrew's, the defending champions (or the last five seasons, scored almost at will.
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    Duroc can score over his pet distance
    416 19  -  By BRIAN MILLER Duroc, who reverts to staying after two unsuccessful outings over sprints, will take some beating in Race 7, the 1800 m event for Class 5 horses, and I rate him the top bet at the Bukit Timah Pro-Am meeting starting
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    428 19  -  By K. L. CHAN Grand Btileir stands out as a good thing in Race 4 over 1200 m for Class 5 Division 1 horses at Buldt Timah tomorrow. The five-year-old gelding by Grand Chaudiere had five outings this year. He wss placed second in
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    S'pore can relax if...
    628 20  -  things get too hot against Pahang Malaysia Cup By JEFFREY LOW Knantan, Saturday Singapore can go easy if things get too hard and intimidating for them in their match against Pahang tonight. The luxury of being on the top of the table and virtually assured of
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